Slow Your Roll: Police to Launch Speed Enforcement on I-495 This Weekend
Those with lead feet, beware: Maryland State Police will be cracking down on speeding and aggressive driving this weekend ahead of Columbus Day.
Authorities said in a news release that the initiative will take place on Interstate 495 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday with troopers from the College Park and Forestville barracks.
Prince George’s County police will assist troopers on the Capital Beltway.
It follows a three-year crash analysis study that determined “Columbus Day weekend has a high propensity for speed-related collisions,” police said in a release.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, speeding was a factor in 26% of all fatal crashes in 2017. More than 9,700 people were killed.
In 2017, 54 people died in the 4,526 aggressive-driving crashes in Maryland, police said.
Police said 85 percent of aggressive driving crashes happened in the D.C.-Baltimore region between 2013 and 2017.
Aggressive driving violations mean five points on a Maryland license and a $370 fine.
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